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Category Archives: Social Political Issues
Reflections on the Derek Chauvin Verdict
The institution held. Thank God the institution held. I wept the night of January 6 when the United States Senate voted to accept the certification of Joe Biden as President of the country. I wept again when Judge Peter Cahill … Continue reading
Posted in Featured, John's Posts, Pandemic Blog, Social Political Issues
Tagged Derek Chauvin, Donald Trump, George Floyd, Joe Biden, Maxine Waters
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Easter 4B: Good Shepherd Sunday and Earth Day
The Gospel reading for this Sunday is part of John chapter 10–Jesus discourse on himself as the Good Shepherd (John 10:11-18). Wendell Berry distinguishes between farmers who are married to the land and others who rape the land. I see … Continue reading
Easter 2 B: Resurrection Oneness
Readings for the Second Sunday of Easter are First Reading Acts 4:32–35 Psalm Psalm 133 New Testament 1 John 1:1–2:2 Gospel John 20:19–31 Throughout all my years of ministry if I had a choice of things … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Featured, John's Posts, Pandemic Blog, Reflections on Sunday Readings, Social Political Issues
Tagged 1 John, Acts, Church, fellowship, John, koinonia, oneness, psalms, unity, wilderness, yahad, youth
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Easter B: Resurrection Questions
The readings for Easter Year B, The Resurrection of Our Lord First Reading Acts 10:34–43 or Isaiah 25:6–9 Psalm Psalm 118:1–2, 14–24 New Testament 1 Corinthians 15:1–11 or Acts 10:34–43 Gospel John 20:1–18 or Mark 16:1–8 … Continue reading
Lent 4 B: Poisonous Prevention
These are the readings for the Fourth Sunday of Lent Old Testament Numbers 21:4–9 Psalm Psalm 107:1–3, 17–22 New Testament Ephesians 2:1–10 Gospel John 3:14–21 The Old Testament and Gospel readings both refer to famous cases … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Featured, John's Posts, Pandemic Blog, Reflections on Sunday Readings, Social Political Issues
Tagged Christ, credulity, credulous, crucifixion, John, Numbers, pandemic, serpent, vaccination
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Lent 3 B: Use Science, Don’t “Trust” It
The Readings for the Third Sunday in Lent: Old Testament Exodus 20:1–17 Psalm Psalm 19 New Testament 1 Corinthians 1:18–25 Gospel John 2:13–22 Because our last President made such a mess of our nation’s pandemic response … Continue reading
Lent 1 B: The Noah Covenant and the Pandemic
This Sunday’s readings: Old Testament Genesis 9:8–17 Psalm Psalm 25:1–10 New Testament 1 Peter 3:18–22 Gospel Mark 1:9–15 Last Sunday was Transfiguration, and we thought of that word of our time: “unprecedented.” The fire, the windstorm, … Continue reading
Transfiguration B: Listen through Unprecedented
Today on one more day of an unprecedented stretch of super cold temperatures, we look out on unprecedentedly huge drifts of snow, in the midst of a pandemic that has infected and killed unprecedented numbers of people worldwide, and listen … Continue reading
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Tagged awe, cloud, Elijah, Elisha, fire, Jesus, pandemic, transcendence, transfiguration, wind
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Epiphany 4 B “Rebuke the Disease, Not the Diseased”
Years ago we fought off a family disease. Substance abuse was our plague, and we were in a group family therapy program where the leader had each set of parents draw a picture of the disease, place it on a … Continue reading
Epiphany 3 B: Trust Joe Biden; but Verify!
I write and publish this blog on January 19, 2021. Tomorrow, Joe Biden will be inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States. Thanks be to God! Now, it is our job to trust but verify. We are moved … Continue reading